Joanna Walker | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

Joanna Walker founded Point HR Consulting, a woman owned business, with over 12 years of experience in Human Resources. Most recently, Joanna served as Head of Recruitment at Evercore, a premier independent investment bank. She has a successful track record managing the #1 Investment Banking internship over 5 years (ranked by Vault.com), running robust end-to-end campus recruiting strategies, increasing firmwide diversity efforts, building out internal systems, and implementing employee engagement tools to improve retention and support.

She has a BA from the University of Denver.

Current position (2)

Founder

Point HR Consulting

Head of Recruitment, Director

Evercore

Degrees (1)

Anthropology

University of Denver

1997 to 2001

Presentations

Presentations (4)

Create an Inclusive Hiring Process & Reduce Unconscious Bias

Building a recruiting process can be daunting, we discuss best practices to provide an inclusive process that attracts top talent & reduces unconscious bias.

Giving Feedback: Get Comfortable with Tough Conversations

Get comfortable with the tough conversations. Employees are seeking more feedback and managers are not always equipped to give important & constructive feedback. We discuss best practices to share tips on giving feedback, language to use and ensuring the message is received.

How to Build a Robust Recruiting Strategy: Attract & Hire Top Talent

Firms are often seeking the answer to finding and retaining top talent for their organizations. Let me help you infuse a number of ways to attract a broad diverse set of candidates into the process, allow for better interview processes & candidate experience & ensure you're hiring people for a long term career.

Practical Interview Training & Best Practices

Everyone can get trained on best practices when running interviews - what to ask, what not to ask and how to make sure you're getting the best candidates to offer stage.

Come learn about tips and tricks, that could include mock interview options!